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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Mahon, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al. v. Stowers et al.

416 U.S. 100 · 94 S. Ct. 1626 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 123

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
73-1131
U.S. Reports
416 U.S. 100
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1626
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 123

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Mahon, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al. v. Stowers et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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